Croatia Seeded for 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifying

Portugal’s 1-0 win over Italy yesterday has allowed Croatia to be one of the seeded nations in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying draw…

Croatia have edged out Italy as a seeded team which means they will avoid other seeded nations in qualifying. The pots are decided using the July FIFA Ranking, which takes into account games played until July 5 and is released officially on July 9. The World Cup qualifying draw takes place in St Petersburg on July 25.